Nancy H. Nielsen, MD ’76, senior associate dean for health
policy, UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and Robert
Gioia, president of The John R. Oishei Foundation and chair of the
Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation, will receive the UB
President’s Medal in recognition of extraordinary service to
the university.

Also during the ceremony, SUNY honorary doctorates will be
presented to UB alumnus Ira Flatow, host of Public Radio
International’s “Science Friday”; Jack
Lightstone, president and vice chancellor of Brock University in
St. Catharines; and UB alumnus Norman McCombs, recipient of the
2011 National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

Tripathi and A. Scott Weber, senior vice provost for academic
affairs, will confer bachelor’s and associate degrees from
the College of Arts and Sciences.

Forty-two students will receive special recognition during the
ceremony.

The 2014 commencement season begins on May 2 with the ceremony
for the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Nielsen will speak at the ceremony, to be held at 1:30 p.m. in
the Center for the Arts, North Campus. Tripathi will confer
degrees.

The rest of the commencement schedule:

School of Dental Medicine: 3 p.m., May 9, Center for the Arts.
Steven A. Guttenberg, president of the Washington Institute for
Mouth, Face and Jaw Surgery, Washington, D.C., will speak. Provost
Charles F. Zukoski will confer degrees.

Biomedical Sciences (undergraduate and graduate): 6 p.m., May
15, Center for the Arts. The speaker will be Ana Maria Cuervo, The
Robert and Renee Belfer Chair for the Study of Neurodegenerative
Diseases and co-director of the Institute for Aging Research at
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University. Tripathi
will confer degrees.

Graduate School of Education: 9 a.m., May 16, Center for
the Arts. No speaker is planned. Zukoski will confer degrees.

College of Arts and Sciences (graduate): 1 p.m., May 16, Center
for the Arts. No speaker is planned. Zukoski will confer
degrees.

School of Management (undergraduate): 1 p.m., May 16, Alumni
Arena, North Campus. No speaker is planned. Tripathi will confer
degrees.

School of Architecture and Planning, 5 p.m., May 16, Center for
the Arts. Walter Hood, founding principal of Hood Design; professor
of landscape architecture & environmental planning and urban
design at the University of California, Berkeley; and designer of
UB’s Solar Strand, will deliver remarks. Tripathi will confer
degrees.

School of Management (graduate): 5 p.m., May 16, Alumni Arena.
No speaker is planned. Zukoski will confer degrees.

School of Nursing: 9 a.m., May 17, Alumni Arena. The speaker
will be Maureen Kelly, vice president for patient care services and
chief nursing officer at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Zukoski
will confer degrees.

School of Social Work: 9 a.m., May 17, Center for the Arts.
Mary Murphy, executive director of the Family Justice Center, will
speak. Tripathi will confer
degrees.

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences: 1 p.m., May 17,
Alumni Arena. No speaker is planned. Tripathi will confer
degrees.

UB Law School: 1 p.m., May 17, Center for the Arts. U.S. Sen.
Joe Donnelly of Indiana will speak. Zukoski will confer
degrees.

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: 5 p.m., May 17,
Center for the Arts. The speaker will be Patricia Chase, dean of
the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. Tripathi will
deliver welcoming remarks; Michael Cain, vice president for health
sciences and dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences, will confer degrees.

School of Public Health and Health Professions: 3 p.m., May 18,
Center for the Arts. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez will speak.
Tripathi will confer degrees.